Welcome to my Pioneer Graves Project site. This is a collection of photos I've taken over the years in the old, sometimes neglected cemeteries of the Western U.S. mining
towns. Most are from the gold towns in California along Highway 49, but there are also many from the deserts, Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, and a few other states.
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Located on Highways 49 and 50, about halfway between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe, is Placerville, once called "Hangtown" because of its aggressive justice system in its early days. It is one of the largest towns in California's Gold Country, and the county seat of El Dorado County. This is another cemetery I went looking for when I saw a cross symbol on one of my topo maps. It is a large, modern cemetery with many old pioneer grave sites.